Deal Ripples for RPC Shares

It’s not only shareholders of Complete Production Services that are cheering news of the oilfield services company’s $2.7 billion takeover. Investors in RPC Inc. are getting the happy merger feeling, too.

Shares of RPC, an oilfield services and equipment company, are soaring 16.6% this morning as merger jockeys line up to guess the next energy-related takeover targets.

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